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Also known as

• Petronius Vescovo
• Petronius the Bishops
• Petronio….

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• 4 October

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Son of a Praetorian Prefect in Gaul, and may have been a Roman official himself. Pilgrim to the Holy Lands and the ascetics in Palestine in his youth. Bishop of Bologna, Italy. Built the monastery of Saint Stephen in Bologna; it was modeled on the holy places of Jerusalem. A fictional version of his life was popular in the Middle Ages.

Died

• c.445 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• in Italy
  • Bologna, archdiocese of
  • Bologna, city of
  • Castel Bolognese

MLA Citation

• “Saint Petronius of Bologna“. CatholicSaints.Info. 14 December 2023. Web. 19 April 2024. <>